Suspender attachment.



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(Application led July 10, 1901.)

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-l UNITED l STAT-Es PATENTV OFFICE.

AXEL L. NELSON, OF OTTUMWA, IOWA.

sUsPl-:No'ER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,470, dated November 12, 1901.

Application flied July 10,1901. serial Nb. 67,762. 'cio modem have invented a new and useful Suspender Attachment, of which the following is a specication. Y

This invention relates to a suspender attachment; and the object in View is to proro vide a simple and effective device to replace suspender-buttons and the usual buttonhole constructions and adapting suspender-ends to be applied at any point desired to change the draft in an expeditious manner and permit said ends to be as readily detached and to provide also a reliable and positive gripping means for this purpose.

The invention consists in the construct-ion and arrangement of the several parts, which 2o will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis a front elevation of suspender-ends, showing the improved devices applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail z 5 perspective view of one of the i-mproved devices shown open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the improved device shown closed in full lines and open in dotted lines.

Similar numerals of reference are employed 3o to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numerals 1 and 2 designate outer and inner jaws, respectively,.having interacting knuckles at their upper ends engaged by a A box-clip 4 for engaging the extremity of a suspender-end or the like has a forward projection at the lower end formed into knuckles 5, which are also engaged by said pintle, so that the jaws may swing or 4o have a yielding movement to compensate for the movement of the body of the wearer and also to facilitate application of the trousers.

The rear or inner jaw 2 has a iiat cup-head 6v at its lower end, and therein is secured a forwardly-projecting convex rubber cushion 7.

At the lower end of the outer jaw 1 is a convex hollow head 8, and in the rear hollow side thereof is a rubber lining 9. The cushion 7 fits into the head 8, and when trousers- 5o bands or other articles or portions of the latter are held between the heads a iirm bite is established to prevent slipping and accidental disengagement of the attachment from the device which it is desired that it shall hold.

On the jaw 2, above the head thereof, is a forwardly-projecting dat spring 10, which acts to force the jaws apart and prevents sticking of said jaws when released for opening, the said spring having contact with the adjacent portion of the rear side of the jaw 1 when the jaws are closed. The jaw 1, near its head, is formed with a slot 11, and extending longitudinally of said jaw from the slot upwardly is a groove 12. A locking-arm 13 is pivotally attached to the lower portion of the front side of the jaw 2 and works loosely through the slot 11 in the outer jaw, the outer end of the arm being provided with a catchknob 14. The upper end of a keeper 15 is also pivotally held by the said pintle 3 and depends far enough over the jaw 1 for easy engagement. The said keeper has a slot 16 in the upper extremity thereof to engage the projection or catch-knob 14 of the arm to prevent the latter from having free outward movement.

After the jaw-heads have been arranged in engaging relation to trousers or portions of other articles the arm 13, which projects through the slot 11, is pulled or pressed upwardly into the groove 12, thereby drawing the jaws together', and after the arm is fully in the groove the keeper 15 is pressed downwardly thereover until the slot 16 engages the projection or knob 14 to hold the jaws closed. In releasing the device the keeper is pulled outwardly to release the arm, and the jaws will then be free to open.

The improved attachment is adapted for use on suspender-ends to replace suspenderbuttons and buttonholes and for supporting any other garments to which it is applicable. The several parts are strong and durable, can he plated or ornamented as desired, and the device is comparatively inexpensive in the cost of manufacture.

Having thus described the invent-ion, what-.5wy

is claimed as new is@- 1. An attachment of the class set forth, com- ICO jaw and movable through and against the other, and a keeper to engage one end of said arm.

2. An attachment ofthe class set forth, comprising a pair of jaws pivotally connected at their upper ends and having gripping-heads at their lower ends, the outer jaw having a slot therethrough near its head and an outer groove, an arm pivoted to lthe rear jaw and movable through the slot in the outer jaw and into the groove in the latter, and a keeper to engage the upper end of the said arm.

3. An attachment of the class set forth, comprising a pair of jaws pivotally connected at their upper ends and having gripping-heads at their lower ends, the one gripping-head being in the form of a convex rubber cushion which fits into the gripping-head of the adjacent jaw, an arm pivoted to one jaw and movable t-hrough and against the other andV having an enlarged free end, and a keeper to engage the enlarged free end of the arm and hold the latter closed against the adjacent jaw.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'ixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AXEL L. NELSON.

Witnessem JAMES J. SMITH, OLA K. EDMUNDS. 

